Table 1 Mean Dice’s coefficient and Hausdorff distance values for multiple atlas libraries of clinical target volumes

 DC (95% CI)

0.75 (0.73–0.77)

0.75 (0.72–0.78)

0.79 (0.77–0.80)

p-value

ref.

0.656

0.012 (0.002⁺⁺)

 HD (95% CI)

21.3 (18.8–24.0)

23.8 (20.9–26.9)

19.7 (17.8–22.0)

p-value

ref.

0.137

0.002 (0.012⁺⁺)

 DC (95% CI)

0.82 (0.80–0.82)

0.83 (0.81–0.84)

0.84 (0.82–0.85)

p-value

ref.

0.555

0.010 (0.015⁺⁺)

p-value*

0.001

0.009

0.004

 HD (95% CI)

17.4 (15.1–20.1)

17.1 (15.0–19.1)

15.6 (14.2–17.1)

p-value

ref.

0.046

0.200 (0.001⁺⁺)

p-value*

0.005

0.002

0.014